Mercury in Pisces
What Mercury in Pisces means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Mercury is actually in Pisces.
The sign: Pisces
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Mutable
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Jupiter (traditional), Neptune (modern)
Essential dignity
Mercury is in its detriment in Pisces, the sign opposite one it rules. The tradition reads it here as working against the grain. Mercury is in its fall in Pisces, the sign opposite its exaltation. The tradition reads this as its most muted expression.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Mercury is in Pisces
Every stay of Mercury in Pisces from a year ago to two years ahead. Retrograde motion can split one stay in two.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2026, 22:47 | Apr 15, 2026, 03:21 |
| Feb 1, 2027, 01:26 | Feb 18, 2027, 12:17 |
| Mar 18, 2027, 10:02 | Apr 8, 2027, 23:20 |
| Mar 13, 2028, 07:07 | Mar 31, 2028, 12:28 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
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How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.